Homemade Snickers Bars.

You know those days when you’re in desperate need of sugar and you’ve already downed more gummy vitamins than recommended while seriously considering how many more you can ingest without causing severe harm to your internal organs? They’re just so gooooood.

Well… in that case you should make some homemade snickers bars. Because I definitely did that.

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And I KNOW you know what I’m talking about.

I spent the majority of my pre-pubescent and adolescent years scheming just how I would be able to steal my brothers’ Halloween candy. Snickers were always my favorite, and the boys weren’t huge fans so more often than not, they would hand them over. But sometimes… they kept them just to spite me. Brats.

Then I went through a SERIOUS phase of those Snickers ice cream bars. I swear they only had like 4 in a package or something but I could easily take down 2 for dessert. As kids, we were rarely allowed candy bars, but my mom had no issue with buying bags of fun-sized candy because, well… when things are fun-sized it means the calories don’t count.

And that you can eat a million of them.

These days, it’s rare that I crave actual candy, often preferring some chewy cookies or super rich cheesecake or a bar of amazing chocolate that costs thrice as much as the recent organic meyer lemons I purchased. But snickers are in my blood.

They are the peanut butter to my jelly.

The salt to my pepper.

The broccoli to my… wait, no.

This recipes comes from my friend Nikki who, well… I didn’t even know until Instagram and Twitter.

But now Nikki is like my bestest friend ever. Because when someone emails you a recipe for homemade snickers bars, they are your BFF for life. I mean, who else has my best interests at heart like that? I don’t even know.

And the fabulous part? This is SO EASY. So, so, so, so, so easy. Like, had-five-drinks-and-a-recent-breakup-easy. It has four distinct steps and in print seems slightly intimidating, but it isn’t whatsoever. I promise. I swear. I even had every single ingredient on hand. And not just because I’m a hoarder. Would I lie to you?

I’m not even going to waste your time trying to convince you to whip up a batch because, uhhh…. look at them. They are irresistible. Literally… considering they ruined two of my family members’ January diets.

Thoroughly grease you baking pan. Melt ingredients together in a saucepan or microwave, then pour into the baking dish and spread until even. Let cool and harden completely.

nougat layer

1/4 cup unsalted butter

1 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup evaporated milk

1 1/2 cups marshmallow fluff

1/4 cup peanut butter

1 1/2 cup salted peanuts chopped, roughly chopped

1 tsp vanilla extract

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add in sugar and milk, stirring until dissolved and bring to a boil. Let cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add in fluff, peanut butter and vanilla, stirring until smooth. Turn off heat and fold in peanuts, then pour over bottom chocolate layer. Let cool completely.

caramel layer

1 14-ounce bag of caramels

1/4 cup whipping cream

Combine ingredients in a saucepan over low heat. Let melt, stirring occasionally, until smooth – this took about 10 minutes for me. Pour over nougat layer and let cool completely.

Top chocolate layer

1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips

1/4 cup peanut butter

Melt ingredients together in a saucepan or microwave, then pour over caramel and spread until even. Let cool and harden completely.

Refrigerate for at least one hour before serving, then cut as desired. These can stay at room temperature, but they do get gooey. I like them refrigerated best!

Note: for best results, buy one of the half-sheet aluminum cake pans at the grocery store. That way, you can pop the entire square out and cut from there!

Snicker’s ice cream bars are one of my favorite things ever but regular snickers are definitely one of my favorite candies. I am all ready to go to work but I may have to call in sick right now……

Holy. Crap. I covered my eyes when I scrolled to the recipe because Idonotneedarecipeforsnickersbars Idonotneedarecipeforsnickersbars Idonotneedarecipeforsnickersbars. I’ll repeat this all day but I know I’m going to make my husband write the recipe down. And I’ll blame him when I make these and eat them all within 24 hours.

Sweet Jesus.

How the heck did your brothers not like snickers? And how did I not see this on TOH originally, these look amazing. A great treat to make for Valentine’s day presents. This is a great recipe and the nougat sounds perfect.

The funny thing with Snickers is that the caramel is so light and stretchy that sometimes when someone eats one the caramel gets stuck to their lip in a little string and they won’t know it…..and I don’t usually tell them for a while.

I’ve made these before (recipe is pretty much the same) and they are awesome. Took them into work and everyone gobbled them up. They look so impressive on a plate and much fancier than the normal cookies and whatnot people bake. I don’t think they lasted an hour. So delicious!

All I had to do was see the title of this post in my Google reader to know that this is one recipe that I am going to have to save and try RIGHT AWAY! HEAVEN!

GENIUS insanity. That’s what that is :)

Hot Dam! Ok, I gotta go to the store stat and get these ingredients!!! OK, question is whipping cream the same as heavy cream?? I need to make these!! I can freeze them, so I can keep the whole batch to myself!! Yum!!! To excited here!!

any tips for cutting them? i’ve always had trouble with stuff that has a hard chocolate layer on top.

i also have trouble spelling my own name

Hahahah… I was nervous about cutting them too but honestly they weren’t a problem at all. I refrigerated for about 1.5 hours, then used a really large, sharp knife and they cut perfectly. They don’t get super hard in the fridge and are still cut-able. However, if they sit at room temperature they get gooey (like the last pic) and while still amazing, the caramel is a mess and that’s when they are hard to cut. So cut right out of the fridge.

God do you have to make me star everything that comes into my Google from reader you??

xoxo to you both!

I wish there was a warning when you post recipes like this, like before I look at the pictures of it … the kind that are destined to break a diet. I am thinking substitute the whole nougat layer and put some ice cream there and freeze, instant snickers ice cream bars! Yum. Now I’m in trouble for the rest of the day.

Wow!!!! THESE ARE FREAKIN BEAUTIFUL. I love your photos! I might just have to put down my delicious jar of gummy vitamins and try these.

Oh my God. YUM

Duuude, I went through a ridiculous ice cream Snickers bar phase TOO. My boyfriend would go to BURGER KING (remember that used to be the only place they’d sell them!) and bring them to my bedroom window (AKA: PRISON) and feed me through the holes in the mesh screen.

Thanks to this recipe, “Chubbalicious” will now be my status, from necessity. Thank you.

OMG. These look AMAZING! Can’t wait to make them!

Are you trying to kill me??? I’m partnering with a trainer on a weight loss program that starts in one month. I’m really trying to behave because, really, the dietitian should look the part. You make it hard to do that! I used to eat Snickers layer by layer to get longer enjoyment out of them. I always saved the caramel for last. This will have to go on Pinterest until I don’t feel guilty eating them!